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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 998, 18 July 1883, Page 2

The mint in San Francisco is said to be the largest in the world—twice as large as the one in Philadelphia, and three times the size of any in Europe, having 24,000,000i01s worth of coin and bullion stored away in its vaults. The Parliamentary reporter of the Dunedin Star tells the following little anecdote:—MrPyke, too, has a conscience, and, like the member for Dunedin Bast, his csnacience has been emitted. In the course of his speech yesterday, as is well known, he complained bitterly of the apathetic attitude of Ministers during the present debate. He stated that throughout the previous evening only three Ministers were in their places to listen to the debate, cne of whom was reading a newspaper, another a yellow-backed French novel, and the third was asleep. Now, it has. since been represented to Mr Pyke that his remarks may have injured as least one Minister in the eyes of his constituents. N eed I say that I refer to Mr Dick, whose admirers would be grieved to hear that he has taken to reading French novels. Accordingly Mr Pyke, after a sleepless night, waited on Mr Dick in his Ministerial sanctum this morning, and, [ with profuse apologies for troubling him at sitch a busy time, proceeded to unbosom himself. Mr Dick was, it is said, more saponaceous than ever, and received the advances of the hon. member for Dunstan with great urbanity. “ I feel,” began Mr Pyke, “ that I have done you an injustice in what I said about Ministers yesterday, and if you think it necessary I shall make a statement in the House to-night to the effect that it was not you who were guilty of reading the French novel.” “Oh no,” interposed Mr Dick, “it is hardly necessary to trouble yourself . ” “ Because,” continued Mr Pyke, without noticing the interruption, “ it was you who were asleep.”

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